Everything with this administration is contrived and politically disjointed. Nothing new here.

2:43 pm August 27, 2014

jerry wrote:

Secretary Jack Lew has called for American companies to show some “economic patriotism.”

But it is a Brazilian company, no?

2:53 pm August 27, 2014

Milton Martin wrote:

There is a curveball but it is not Buffett. ... Buffett is following the law and taking care of customers and share holders... Lower taxes mean lower prices... Curveball is Obama who believes that he can rabble-rouse any mob to ignore any law...

3:05 pm August 27, 2014

Anonymous wrote:

Lower corp costs do not translate into lower consumer costs, Milton.

3:08 pm August 27, 2014

TomC wrote:

Billionaires who own shares in the company will one day pay taxes. The company itself has a duty to maximize value to shareholders (most of whom are not billionaires) by providing quality products customers.

I see no contradiction.

3:11 pm August 27, 2014

TomC wrote:

... to customers and minimizing costs...

3:32 pm August 27, 2014

BKS wrote:

No sticky situation here. By moving to Canada, Burger King can keep its prices for whoppers with cheese stable after the merger and have money to expand and make Warren Buffett some more money in the future. Significant tax savings can also raise worker's wages a little too.

4:13 pm August 27, 2014

FBG wrote:

Congress threw the curve ball with a non competitive tax rate. This is simply the natural response of any american when someone disrupts your business. Bottom line you have to remain competitive or die. Congress has created an unequal playing field.

4:31 pm August 27, 2014

ABM wrote:

My first thought was how is it that you can get lower taxes in Canada? I thought they were a high tax, socialist country. Something doesn't make sense.

5:11 pm August 27, 2014

Confused wrote:

I'd love to hear the author's response to this because this is not an obvious inversion. Burger King's and Tim Horton's tax rates are virtually identical, around 27%.

5:13 pm August 27, 2014

Confused wrote:

I'd love to see the author's comment because this is not an obvious inversion. Both companies have virtually the same tax rate at around 27%.

5:31 pm August 27, 2014

Jim wrote:

No curve ball, Buffet favors two independent things:

1) High taxes on high income individuals
2) Low taxes on corporations.

6:18 pm August 27, 2014

Don M. wrote:

The tax playing field could be completely leveled, obviating the need for tax inversion related mergers or other such nonsense and ensuring that Warren will pay more tax than his secretary, by simplifying the tax code as follows:
1. Eliminate the corporate income tax.
2. Treat all forms of income (wages, dividends, capital gains, etc.) equally, ie. apply the same tax rate to capital gains as to wages or any other form of income.
3. Eliminate all deductions.
With this simple tax code every income earner will have some "skin in the game". High income individuals will contribute proportionately more. And the economy will be free allocate capital in the most productive manner.

7:27 pm August 27, 2014

Gary wrote:

I thought Buffett was suggesting higher taxes on the 1 percent not higher tax rates on corporations? I wonder how long the author was waiting to write an article like this? This is much to do about nothing, in-fact I'm surprised this piece even got published!

3:05 am August 28, 2014

Anonymous wrote:

Buffett is a scumbag. Obama is a thug and a liar. Any questions?

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